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We revisit the computation of the shear viscosity to entropy ratio $\eta/s$ at finite chemical potential in a holographic model that takes into account the quantum fluctuations in the IR region of near-extremal black branes. Such quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-05 Sera Cremonini , Li Li , Xiao-Long Liu , Jun Nian

The shear viscosity to the entropy density ratio $\eta/s$ of the anisotropic superfluid has been calculated by means of the gauge/gravity duality in the presence of the {\it dark matter} sector. The {\it dark matter} has been described by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-07-26 Marek Rogatko , Karol I. Wysokinski

In this perspective review, we present a concise yet multifaceted overview of the pivotal role played by the the shear viscosity to entropy density ratio across various physical contexts. After summarizing some of the main aspects of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-09 Marilù Chiofalo , Dario Grasso , Stefano Liberati , Massimo Mannarelli

We argue that the Kovtun--Son--Starinets (KSS) lower bound on the viscosity to entropy density ratio holds in fluid systems but is violated in solid materials with a non-zero shear elastic modulus. We construct explicit examples of this by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-01-13 Lasma Alberte , Matteo Baggioli , Oriol Pujolas

In this paper we investigate the behavior of the shear hydrodynamic response functions in a simple holographic model exhibiting momentum relaxation. We compute several stress tensor response functions in the transverse channel, and from…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-08-17 Tudor Ciobanu , David M. Ramirez

Motivated by the vast string landscape, we consider the shear viscosity to entropy density ratio in conformal field theories dual to Einstein gravity with curvature square corrections. After field redefinitions these theories reduce to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-06 Mauro Brigante , Hong Liu , Robert C. Myers , Stephen Shenker , Sho Yaida

We show that long-time, long-distance fluctuations of plane-symmetric horizons exhibit universal hydrodynamic behavior. By considering classical fluctuations around black-brane backgrounds, we find both diffusive and shear modes. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-05 Pavel Kovtun , Dam T. Son , Andrei O. Starinets

We compute the bulk, $\zeta$, and shear, $\eta$, viscosity over entropy density, $s$, for the QCD matter formed in small collision systems at LHC. We consider a scenario of the String Percolation Model by proposing a global form of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-06 J. R. Alvarado García , I. Bautista , A. Fernández Téllez , P. Fierro

The ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density $\eta/s$ of any material in nature has been conjectured to have a lower bound of $1/4\pi$, the famous KSS bound. We examine string theory models for evidence in favour of and against this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-18 Aninda Sinha , Robert C. Myers

Nuclear multifragmentation in intermediate energy heavy ion collisions has long been associated with liquid-gas phase transition. We calculate the shear viscosity to entropy density ratio eta/s for an equilibrated system of nucleons and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Subrata Pal

We study hydrodynamic fluctuations in a non-relativistic fluid. We show that in three dimensions fluctuations lead to a minimum in the shear viscosity to entropy density ratio $\eta/s$ as a function of the temperature. The minimum provides…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2013-03-14 Clifford Chafin , Thomas Schaefer

A computation of the quotient of shear viscosity to entropy density, or KSS number $\eta/s$ is performed, in the non-relativistic and classical regime, first in Chiral Perturbation Theory, and then in the $SO(g+1)/SO(g)$ Non-Linear Sigma…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Antonio Dobado , Felipe J. Llanes-Estrada

A black brane solution to a Gauss-Bonnet massive gravity is introduced. In the context of AdS/CFT correspondence, the viscosity to entropy ratio is found by the Green-Kubo formula. The result indicates violation of the well-known KSS bound…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-27 Mehdi Sadeghi , Shahrokh Parvizi

We consider classes of translationally invariant black hole solutions whose equations of state closely resemble that of QCD at zero chemical potential. We use these backgrounds to compute the ratio zeta/s of bulk viscosity to entropy…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Steven S. Gubser , Abhinav Nellore , Silviu S. Pufu , Fabio D. Rocha

In this paper, using the Gauge/gravity duality techniques, we explore the hydrodynamic regime of a very special class of strongly coupled QFTs that come up with an emerging UV length scale in the presence of a negative hyperscaling…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-04-30 Dibakar Roychowdhury

The lower bound of the shear viscosity to entropy density ratio is examined using an exact representation of the ratio through the density of states. It is shown that the lower bound in a generic physical system is not universal, its value…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 A. Jakovac

We calculate shear viscosity to entropy density ratio in presence of four derivative (with coefficient $\alpha'$) and six derivative (with coefficient $\alpha'^2$) terms in bulk action. In general, there can be three possible four…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-07-22 Nabamita Banerjee , Suvankar Dutta

This review highlights some of the lessons that the holographic gauge/gravity duality has taught us regarding the behavior of the shear viscosity to entropy density in strongly coupled field theories. The viscosity to entropy ratio has been…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-19 Sera Cremonini

The universal lower bound of the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density is suggested by the string theory and gauge duality for any matter. We examined the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density for viscous accretion flow towards…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-28 Sandip Dutta , Ritabrata Biswas

The ratio eta/s, shear viscosity (eta) to entropy density (s), reaches its local minimum at the (second order) phase transition temperature in a wide class of systems. It was suspected that this behavior might be universal. However, a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-06-28 Jiunn-Wei Chen , Chang-Tse Hsieh , Han-Hsin Lin